VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Neutral on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Strong supporter of Prop 54: Govt should be color-blind: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	No legal rights for same-sex couples: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Pledge of Allegiance court case is central to America: Favors topic 4 If rights come from man, then they may be revoked: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty protects us from violent predators: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Three Strikes law enforces right to self-protection: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Natural right to self-defense against violent predators: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	SB-2 costs jobs-healthcare via personal tax credit instead: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	State bureaucracy isn’t the answer to better education: Favors topic 7 Decentralized structure is key to improving schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Centralization & consolidation reduce school performance: Favors topic 7 Parents are most protective guardians of education quality: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	High-speed rail line is tremendous waste of taxpayer money: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports medical marijuana use under Prop 215: Favors topic 19 Let states legalize industrial hemp: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention: Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Make permanent the Bush tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Complete border fence & enforce all our current laws: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is unfair: Opposes topic 12 No drivers license to illegals-it undermines enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Neutral on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	Return to Reagan’s idea of “peace through strength”: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16
Neutral on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-3 points on Social scale)	Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17